Please note that Welcoming New Hampshire promotes relevant events and learning opportunities on our calendar but we are not necessarily affiliated with these events or host organizations.
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Concord – Creating Community Yarn/Art Circle
Creating CommUNITY 18 North Main St, Suite 206, Concord, NH, United StatesJoin us for this monthly gathering to create and conversate! Knit, crochet, make jewelry, draw, color - bring whatever you are working on! (please no ‘messy’ projects). If you don’t have your own supplies- no worries! We have yarn and needles for knitting and crocheting, drawing supplies and beading supplies for jewelry. We also have […]
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Concord – Ultimate 1st Time Homebuyer Event
True Brew Barista 3 Bicentennial Square, Concord, NH, United StatesTired of paying high rent? Join us for a first-time homebuyer event. Educate yourself on the financial benefits and costs of being a homeowner (owning a home can be less expensive than renting.) Free beer and coffee and Amazon gift card give away! Understand the process of getting pre-qualified and approved for a mortgage Learn […]
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Concord – Crossroads Film: Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower
Red River Theatres 11 S Main Street, Concord, NH, United StatesWhen the Chinese Communist Party alters its promise of autonomy to Hong Kong - handed back to the Chinese government from British rule in 1997 - teenager Joshua Wong decides to fight for his homeland. Rallying thousands of kids to skip school and occupy the streets, and without a long-term plan but with passion to […]
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Enfield – Abolitionists of Noyes Academy
Enfield Community Building 308 US Route 4, Enfield, NH, United StatesIn 1835, abolitionists opened one of the nation's first integrated schools in Canaan, NH, attracting eager African-American students from as far away as Boston, Providence, and New York City. Outraged community leaders responded by raising a mob that dragged the academy building off its foundation and ran the African-American students out of town. New Hampshire's […]
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Manchester – Building a Progressive Manchester
Manchester City Library 405 Pine Street, Manchester, NH, United StatesCome share your vision for a city that works for the people who live here. Meet fellow progressives and get started on working together to help Manchester realize its potential.
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Sunapee – Songs of Emigration: Storytelling Through Traditional Irish Music
Lake Sunapee United Methodist Church 9 Lower Main Street, Sunapee, NH, United StatesThrough traditional music Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki relays some of the adventures, misadventures, and emotions experienced by Irish emigrants. The focus is on songs about leaving Ireland, sometimes focusing on the reasons for leaving (a man who is driven from his land by English persecution); sometimes revealing what happened upon arrival (an immigrant drafted into the Union […]
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Durham – Waking Up White: Author Read & Community Dinner
Oyster River High School 55 Coe Drive, Durham, NH, United StatesHow could a community with good intentions be home to discrimination and racism? How does a state like New Hampshire that is mostly white fit into the national narrative of racial strife, now and in our past? What do we know about race? Through April 2018, residents of Madbury, Lee, and Durham will have the […]
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Hanover – The Use of Hiphop Rhetorics to Combat the Criminalization of Black, Brown, and Red Youth
Howe Library 13 South Street, Hanover, NH, United StatesHiphop culture grew out of the South Bronx in the 1970s and 1980s when young people of color combined their genius with available materials to produce the four original elements of hiphop: deejaying, graffiti art, breakdancing, and rapping. Since then, a confluence of young Blacks, American Indians, and Latino/as have used hiphop to reimagine everyday […]
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Seabrook – A Short Course on Islam for Non-Muslims
Seabrook Library 25 Liberty Lane, Seabrook, NH, United StatesThe foundation of Western civilization rests on three monotheistic faiths - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The interaction between and among these systems of belief continues to impact events in daily life and politics on the world stage. Following an outline of Islamic beliefs and practices by Charles Kennedy, discussion turns to how Islam is practiced […]
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Hip Hop Workshop
Positive Street Art 48 Bridge St, 3rd Floor, NH, United States